Siemens Velaro ICE (foreground) and Alstom TGV trainsets await action at Paris Est station. A merger of the two companies has been stopped by European regulators. Keith Fender BRUSSELS — The European Union’s central administration, the EU Commission, has announced it will not permit the proposed Siemens-Alstom merger, which originally had been targeted to be complete […]
HO scale locomotives General Electric ES44DC diesel locomotive. BNSF Ry. (faded Heritage II in three road numbers, patch repair Heritage III in one number, and Heritage III in two numbers), CSX (as-delivered scheme in four numbers, Western Maryland heritage unit in one number), and Norfolk Southern (with Positive Train Control in four numbers). Prototype-specific details, […]
Coffee stirrers can be a realistic load for flatcars. Stan Trzoniec Photo 1 Stan Trzoniec Stan Trzoniec Photo 2 Stan Trzoniec Photo 3 Stan Trzoniec Photo 4 Stan Trzoniec Photo 5 Stan Trzoniec Photo 6 Stan Trzoniec Scratchbuilding is fun! Do you remember making fences and small buildings out of ice cream sticks when you […]
ScaleTrains.com Inc. announced a General Electric (GE) C44-9W diesel locomotive at the 2019 Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show on Jan. 26. The model will be available in HO and N scales in the company’s Rivet Counter and Operator series. The Model Railroader staff received a sample from the HO scale Rivet Counter line. Road […]
PARIS — Alstom and Siemens have offered concessions to European regulators examining their proposed merger, Reuters reports, but there is no guarantee the move will be enough to satisfy antitrust concerns. Alstom confirmed in a statement on Monday that it had offered concessions, but said, “There is, however, still no certainty that the content of […]
Bachmann HO scale Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive HO scale locomotives Pennsylvania RR class K4 streamlined 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive. Four road numbers. TCS WOWSound dual-mode sound decoder with Audio Assist, Keep-Alive capacitor for uninterrupted operation, all-metal chassis, blackened metal wheels and side rods, die-cast metal trailing truck, separately applied parts […]
Barb Packenham Barb A. Packenham, Model Railroader magazine’s editorial assistant from 1993 through 2006, died on Jan. 24. She was 74. Odds are good that if you called Model Railroader during those years, you spoke with Barb. She handled a wide variety of tasks for the magazine, including looking up past articles for readers, handling […]
Alstom is building the Avelia Liberty trainsets for Amtrak’s northeast corridor. A report says the Alstom-Siemens merger will be blocked by European regulators. Alstom/Amtrak This rendering shows one of the Charger locomotives Siemens is building for Amtrak. Siemens/Amtrak BRUSSELS — European Union regulators intend to block the merger of rail equipment manufacturers Alstom and Siemens […]
Atlas Model Railroad Co. HO scale Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives HO scale locomotives Alco Century 424 and 425 diesel locomotives. New road numbers. C-424: Green Bay & Western (Phase I and II, two numbers each), Delaware-Lackawanna (Phase II, one number), Erie Lackawanna (Phase I, three numbers), and Minnesota Commercial (Phase II, three […]
Atlas Santa Fe class BX-177 boxcar in N, HO scales An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe class BX-177 plug-door boxcar is now available in N and HO scales from Atlas Model Railroad Co. Don’t confuse this Master Line car with the BLMA (now Atlas) class BX-166 double-plug-door boxcar that I reviewed in the March 2016 […]
Milwaukee Road “Buffeteria” 126 Illinois Railway Museum UNION, Ill. – The Illinois Railway Museum has begun a fundraising campaign to transport a former Milwaukee Road “buffeteria” car from Chamberlain, S.D., to the museum grounds. The car, former Milwaukee Road No. 126, was built in 1948 by the Milwaukee Shops as a standard 48-seat diner. In […]
HO scale locomotives Electro-Motive Division SD70ACe diesel locomotive. Union Pacific (George Bush 41 Presidential Library and Museum). One road number (2018 version with black radiator fan housings). Removable cab roof secured with magnets, light-emitting-diode headlights and ditch lights, and commemorative box. Direct-current model with 21-pin NEM plug for Digital Command Control decoder, $249.98; with dual-mode […]
